Car-fender.



0. MOQUILLAN 6: E. D. GHAITKEN.

GAR FENDER. APPLIOATION PILEDJAN. 12, 1910,

Patented June 21, 1910.

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CAR FENDER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 12, 1910.

Patented mum-1,1919.

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OWEN MGQUILLAN AND EDMUND D. CHAIIKEN, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA,

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patented J 11119 21, 1910.

- Application filed January 12, 1910. Serial No. 537,714.

{means of cross pin 9, and adapted when Be it known that we, OWENMCQUILLA'N l positioned longitudinally of the bolt, to perand EDMUND D.CHAITnnN', citizens of the mit the bolt to be readily inserted or reresiding at Philadelphia, in moved, and when positioned at right anglesthe county of Philadelphia and State of to the bolt, to securely holdthe bolt in place, Pennsylvania, have'invented certain newand yetpermitting free pivotal movement of the useful Im' rovements inCar-Fenders, of side bars 6, it being understood. of course, hi h thgnawing i a ifi ti that the bolts are passed through openings Ourinvention relates to improvements in 10 in the arms 5 and throughopenings in car fenders, the object of the invention being th bars 6 rpe y These ars 6 ar to provide unimproved fender and an imconnected attheir forward ends by a cross proved mounting therefor, which'enablesthe bar 11, and between their ends by cross rods free end of the fenderto be supported close 2 a d 3 espectively.

Rods .14 are pivotally supported at their fin-ward ends on rod 12, andat their rear I ends by means of bolts 7 as above described, WllICllpivotally connects them with the arms 4 or brackets 9 These rods ll areconpossible for the fender to pass over an oh- ]ecti, to cushion thecontact of the fender with the object, and to compel the fender toraisedcob'ble stone or other ohstruction on-the track, withoutinjury tothe fender. I

A further object is'to provide a fender with an improved arrangement ofspring buffers at theforward cross bar of the tender which i'iot onlycushions contact with an object, but-also serves to elastically ride theU. nected by a rope netting l5, and between rod .12 and bar l'1,'thebars 6 and said rods 12 and 11 are. connected by an interlacing metalwork 16, so asto form'a cushioning or spring' platform to receive an,object thereon, while the netting 15 prevents the rearward movemeat ofthe object over the fender. To the cross bar 11 at the front end of thefender, aseries of springs 17 springs 17 each oomprisea strip of springmetal bent as shown most clearly in Fig. 4. That is, one end of thespring is secured to the upper face of bar 11 by means of a bolt 18 andnut l9,- and the sprin strip then eX-- tends roarwardly and upwar ly asshown at 20, thence forwardly and downwardly as shown at- '21, thencearound the front end of the fender and rearw'a rd as shown at 22, andthenceagain upward and forward as shown at 23. By this arran ement andsha e of the spring the forwar fel-ld'er Over a'raised part of thetrack'or invention consists in certain novel features of constructionand combinations and HF- rangements of parts, as will be more fully andpointed out in the igure 1. is a iew inside-elevation illustrating ourimproved fender-in operative position. Fig. 2 is a front view. Fig. 3 isa view similar. ng the fender in its'cle Fig. l is an en- In theaccompanying drawings: F

end of the fen or is cushioned, so that when it strikes an object thesespringsl? are sufficiently elastic to prevent damaging the object, andwill simply trip up the person or object as the case maybe, and depositit gently onlthe metal work 16. The for-wand. may be positioned theground, ands-1 such for example will simply exert a Cain-act i'onsprings 17 to niomentarily lift the fender,-

-whiohwill immediately fall back to'normal position, and by curving thefree ends of the springs upwardly and forwardly, any rearward movementof the fender against an obsti'uction will not be likely to injure thesprings.

vated inoperative position. larged'view in longitudinal section at theforward end of the'fender. Fig. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary plan viewof a-for ward corner ofth'e fender, and Fig. 6 is an enlarged View insectional-plan illustrating lvotal attachmentof one of the side mem ersof the fender to, the bracket.

*1 represents the-car and 2 the bulferbar at the forward end 'ofthe carto which two brackets 3, 3, are secured, said brackets e-ach' htLVifi'lZWO arms 4 andS, and to'the lower. arms the side bars 6 of ourjmprovedfender are pivotally connected by mea-ns of bolt's'7. Thse'bolts"? haveheads at one'end, and at to accommodate a-loeking key 8,'said keybping-pivotally supported in the groove by are secured. Theseillustrated at points 25,

selves to To regulate the height at which the fender is supported and tosustain the strain of any object deposited thereon, we provide chains24, which are pivotally connected to bars 6, andat their upper ends areadapted to be caught over hooks 2G. The hooks 26 are secured to the dashboard of the car and are sufliciently strong to sustain any strains orstresses that may come thereon, and by'moving the chain so as toposition theproper links in these hooks 26, just the proper adjustmentof the fender may be had.

When it is desired to elevate the fender out of normal operativeposition, the bolts connecting rods 14 with the arms 4 are withdrawn sothat the arms 14 will fall down upon the rod 13. The bolts are thenreturned to their position in arms 4 so as to be ready for future useand the fender is then, position shown in Fig. 3

swung up to the and the chains shortened links caught in the hooks 26,the fender in this position.

If but a single fender is provided for a car, it will of and the properwhich will hold course be necessary to provide brackets 3 at both endsof the car, when by removing the bolts 7, the fender may be placed ateither-end of the car as desired.

- Various slight changes might be made in the general form andarrangement of parts described,without departing from our invention, andhence we do not restrict our the precise details set forth, but considerourselves at liberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly fallWithin the spirit and scope of the appended claims,

* Letters Patent is 1. A car fender comprising'side. bars, a

cross bar connecting the forward ends of the side bars, object suporting means connecting the side bars am a series of springs se cured tothe cross bar, each spring secured to the upper face of the cross barcurving rearwardly and upwardly, thence forwardly and downwardly andthence rearwardly and upwardly, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination with a car, brackets secured to the car, arms, sidebars pivotally connected to the lower arms of said brackets, rodsconnecting the side bars, a cross bar connecting the forwardends of theside bars, pivoted bars con nected to one of said cross rods and piv-'otally:'connectcd at their rear ends to the other arms of said brackets,a flexible netting connecting the last mentioned bars, interlaced metalstrips connecting the first mentioned bars at their forward ends, hookson the car and chains connected to the first mentioned side bars andadapted to be caught by any of the links on said hooks.

3. The combination with a car, brackets on the car, each bracket havingtwo arms, a car fender comprising side bars, bars pivotally connected tothe said bars, object supporting means between said bars, and boltspivotally connecting said bars with the said arms of the brackets, andeach bolt having a head at one end and a groove at its other end, and apivoted locking key in the groove of said bolt.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification inthe presence of A two subscribingwitnesses. OYVEN MGQUILLAN,

EDMUND D. CHAITKEN. Witnesses? CHAS. Por'rs, R; H. Knnnnnn.

each bracket having two

